Music-turner.



G. A. BREEN.

MUSIC TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY9, 1914.

1,128,939. Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

wvawlioz ZW Y X 3% 1 CHARLES A. BREEN, OF SOUTI-IAIH, NORTH DAKOTA.

MUSIC-TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

Application filed May 9, 1914. Serial No. 837,805.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. BREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southam, in the county of Ramsey and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Turners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a music leaf turner and the principal object of the invention is to provide improved means for turning the leaves of a music book, the turning means being so constructed and mounted that it may be easily reached by the person playing the piano and the pages separately turned.

Another object of the invention is to provide a music leaf turner in which the turning mechanism may be formed of wire or light rod metal and thus cheaply manufactured.

Another object of the invention is to so mount the turning mechanism that one of the individual turners will not interfere with the operation of the main turners.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the music turner connected with a piano and in operative connection with a music book; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing one of the guiding eyes in elevation.

The back board or supporting board 10 is secured to the piano by means of the securing plates 11 and carries resilient clips 12 which hold the music book 13 upon the supporting board. The leaf turners 14 and 15 are each formed from a metallic rod or heavy wire which is bent to form the upper and lower arms 16 and 17. The upper arms pass through guiding eyes 18 carried by the supporting board 10 and have their end portions bent to form fingers 19 which extend upwardly to engage the pages of the music book so that by grasping the footholds 20 and moving the leaf turners the pages of the music book may be turned. Guiding brackets 21 are secured to the piano and are provided with eyes 22 through which the upper and lower arms of the leaf turners pass thus permitting the leaf turners to be moved easily. From an inspection of Fig. 1 it will be readily seen that the leaf turners are so disposed that one may be moved without interfering with the other one. It is also obvious that as many leaf turners could be provided as may be desired, only two being shown in the drawings. lVhen this music turner is in use the music book is placed upon the supporting board with the pages engaged by the resilient clips 12. After one sheet of music has been played the leaf turner 14 will be moved to the position shown in Fig. 1 and the page of music will be turned and the turned page then slipped beneath the clip 12. After the second page of music has been played the leaf turner 15 will be moved toward the leaf turner It thus turning the second page of the music book. If it is desired or necessary to replay a certain portion of the music the turner 14 may be moved to the position of the turner 15 in Fig. 1 thus moving the sheet of the music book so that the first portion of the music may be played. I have therefore provided a music turner which is very simple in construction and easy to mount and which may be manufactured for a small amount of money. It should also be noted that if desired the supporting board 10 may form a portion of the piano in which case it would simply be necessary to provide the clips 12, turning rods 14 and 15 and guides for the turning rods.

/Vhat is claimed is 1. A music turner comprising a support, clips carried by said support, slidably mounted leaf turners, each of said leaf turners being formed from a rod having its end portions bent to form upper and lower arms, said upper arm having its end portion bent to form a page engaging finger and said lower arm having its lower portion bent to form a foothold, and means for guiding the movement of said turners.

2. A music turner comprising a support, a page engaging element provided with upper and lower arms, said upper arm being provided with a page engaging element and said lower arm being provided with a foothold, and means engaging said upper and lower arms to slidably support said page turner and guide the sliding movement thereof.

3. In a music turner, a page engaging element formed from a rod having its end portions bent to form upper and lower arms, said upper arm having its end portion bent to form a leaf engaging finger and said lower arm having its end portion bent to form a foothold, and means for slidably mounting said page turner.

a. In a music turner, a page turning device provided with upper and lower arms, said upper arm being provided with a page engaging element and said lower arm being provided with a foothold, and means engaging said upper and lower arms to slidably mount said page turner.

5. A page turning device provided with upper and lower arms, one of said arms constituting an operating element and the other of said arms being provided with a page engaging element, and means engaging said arms to slidabiy mount said page turner and guide the movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. BREEN. Witnesses 7M. JoHNsoN,

H. W. SwENsoN.

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